Kiosk selling Dead Sea products ejected from New Zealand mall

(JTA) — A kiosk selling Dead Sea cosmetics was evicted from a New Zealand mall after an elderly woman said she was coerced into buying $5,000 in wrinkle creams.

The Dead Sea Spa kiosk staffed by young Israelis was sent out of the Lynnmall shopping center in Auckland on Wednesday, according to “Campbell Live,” a public affairs program on New Zealand’s 3TV.

After the report, the company refunded the woman’s money and apologized, according to 3News.

The woman, 82, made the purchases on two different occasions over two weeks, according to the report. She said she paid with a debit card and by withdrawing money from several ATM machines around the mall, with the second sale emptying her bank account.

“I feel as if I’m a silly old chook,” Ms. T., who did not want to be identified, told “Campbell Live.” “Honestly, at my age spending all that money on that product is ridiculous.”

Dead Sea Spa’s main office in Auckland closed and locked its doors when approached by reporters.

The headline is very deceptive. It implies that they were kicked out because they were Jewish.
Being Jewish had nothing to do with.
They were dishonest and took advantage of an elderly person!! They should have been arrested and prosecuted, not just evicted!!
In the future... please post complete thoughts in you headlines.

You're missing the point entirely. If you watch the interview she doesn't have all her faculties about her and was an easy target for these scumbags. The people that sell these products in mall kiosks are notorious for the way they behave. It's very high pressure sales tactics that the elderly and other vulnerable people may not have the nous to refuse.

It wasn't just an elderly woman who was targeted. There was a man with autism who was also pressured into buying over $6000 worth of product he didn't need nor want. There was also a brain damaged man who was coerced into buying $13,000 worth of products: http://www.3news.co.nz/Dead-Sea-Spa-targets-the-impaired/tabid/817/articleID/350335/Default.aspx Wikileaks describes this company as fraudulent: http://wikileaks.org/cable/2009/02/09TELAVIV423.html